Sex & Relationships

Here is the blog of a young Catholic guy (Bobby Angel) the night before he is going to get married. Jackie and Bobby have been blogging about their courtship from the beginning and we wish them all the happiness and blessings in the world.

Did you know that you don't have to wait till you’re married to start preparing for your future husband or wife? Pray for them now - even if you are single. Make small sacrifices offered as prayers to God for them. In this great article from Lifeteen.com, Brian Kissinger shares his own personal experience of why he started writing letters to his future wife... and the happy result that followed.

Pope Francis's comments that "if someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" reflect the Church's teaching to treat all children of God with understanding, dignity, respect and compassion, says Father Anthony Percy, Rector of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd, Homebush.

No matter how popular, or unpopular it is, the Church only wants the greatest good for all people. But why is the Catholic teaching on homosexuality the “greatest good?” Because it’s God’s plan for us, which can be found in natural law. It can be confusing though, and we know that you have a lot of questions. The Church teachings on homosexuality is an important topic to understand right now.

So you’ve met a guy. What do you do next? Act interested? But you don’t want to come on too strong. Ignore him? But then he won’t know you’re alive. Knock him to the ground? No, that only works in first grade. So what’s a girl supposed to do when she meets a guy she’s interested in? Visit this great article from Lifeteen.com to read more.

The popular media depicts couples entering into sexual relationships very early on in the dating process, but is such behavior really typical? And how does it affect relationship quality? Attempting to answer such questions, researchers from Cornell and the University of Wisconsin discovered that among low- to middle-income subjects, the speed of entry into a sexual relationship was quite fast—many began having sex within a month of dating. But the researchers also discovered that this speed seems to be damaging to couples’ relationship satisfaction.

The topic of homosexuality and the issues around same sex marriage are very charged in our culture right now. The goal of this video (by Spirit Juice Studios, featuring Fr. Pontifex) is to communicate what the Church teaches about this topic. However, as the title would suggest, the underlying sentiment throughout the whole presentation is that the Church is a refuge of love for all of humanity. Those that would say that the Church is "anti-gay" are either misinformed or deliberately distorting the truth to push their own agenda.